Definition of Pseudohermaphrodite

1. Noun. Someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth.

Generic synonyms: Bisexual, Bisexual Person
Derivative terms: Pseudohermaphroditic

2. Adjective. Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex.
Exact synonyms: Pseudohermaphroditic
Similar to: Androgynous

Definition of Pseudohermaphrodite

1. Noun. An individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudohermaphrodite

pseudogroup
pseudogroups
pseudohaiku
pseudohalide
pseudohalides
pseudohallucination
pseudohallucinations
pseudohallucinatory
pseudohalogen
pseudohalogens
pseudohaltere
pseudohalteres
pseudoharmonic
pseudoheart
pseudohearts
pseudohermaphrodites
pseudohermaphroditic
pseudohexagonal
pseudohexagonally
pseudohistorian
pseudohistorians
pseudohistorical
pseudohistories
pseudohistory
pseudohomolog
pseudohomologs
pseudohyperaldosteronism
pseudohypersensitive

Literary usage of Pseudohermaphrodite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"A STUDY OF A pseudohermaphrodite.1 BY HS CROSSEN, MD, Professor of ... A pseudohermaphrodite is an individual of one sex presenting some of the local ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Recently I have had opportunity, through the courtesy of Dr. WC Quinby, of examining such a pseudohermaphrodite. The patient came to the Brady Clinic Fig. ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"... seen: pseudohermaphrodite flowers very few, close beneath the ostiole; ... for the absence of the stamen very similar to the pseudohermaphrodite ones; ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"... but no female flowers seen: pseudohermaphrodite flowers very few, close beneath the ostiole; the perianth segments 4, oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, ..."

5. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"The most celebrated case, perhaps, is that of Carl Hohmann, a masculine pseudohermaphrodite, who from infancy to the age of forty-six years was considered a ..."

6. A Manual of Gynaecology by Thomas Watts Eden (1911)
"Thus in a male pseudohermaphrodite there may be non-descent of the testicles, bifurcation of the scrotum, and hypospadias, giving an arrangement not unlike ..."

7. A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Barton Cooke Hirst (1903)
"A masculine pseudohermaphrodite has in a number of instances married as a woman, ... 1 A male pseudohermaphrodite, with a penis, scrotum, and testicles, ..."

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